"Unformed Landscape" begins in a small village on a fjord in the
Finnmark, on the northeastern coast of Norway, where the borders
between Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia lie covered in snow and
darkness, where the real borders are between day and night, summer
and winter, and between people. Here, a sensitive young woman like
Kathrine finds few outlets for her desires. Half Norwegian, half
Sami (an indigenous people), Kathrine works for the customs office
inspecting the fishing boats arriving regularly in the harbor. She
is in her late 20s, has a son from an early marriage, and has
drifted into a second loveless marriage to a man whose cold and
dominating conventionality forms a bold stroke through the unformed
landscape of her life. After she makes a discovery about her
husband that deeply wounds her, Kathrine cuts loose from her
moorings and her confusion and sets off in search of herself.
Her journey begins aboard a ship headed south, taking her below the
Arctic Circle for the first time in her life. Kathrine makes her
way to France and has the bittersweet experience of a love affair
that flares and dies quickly, her starved senses rewarded by the
shimmering beauty of Paris. Through a series of poignant
encounters, Kathrine is led to the richer life she was meant to
have and is brave enough to claim.
Using simple words strung together in a melodic alphabet, Peter
Stamm introduces us, through a series of intimate sketches, to the
heart of an unforgettable woman. Her story speaks eloquently about
solitude, the fragility of love, lost illusions, and
self-discovery.
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